New from the Lehigh Valley, PA

Hello all, I have been searching around for a nice golf community to chat and learn the game for quite sometime now.  I found a couple of forums but really found this one to be very educational and entertaining; so I decided to join.  A little about me, I picked up the game after my senior year in high school because I was a 3 sport athlete that needed to fill the void after I was done competing in high school.  I played recreational throughout college.  After college, I stopped playing for about 4 years (new jobs, moving, trying to find a career, etc.).  This past summer I decided to play a round with a couple of buddies because I was feeling the competitive itch again.  1 round turned into 2, which turned into 3, and so on and so forth.  I basically had to start all over again (wasn't very good to start but completely lost my swing after 4 years).  I was still using my starter set from 8 years ago so my progress was a little slow.  But, I love a challenge and fell in love with the game more than every before.  So I recently purchased a new set of irons (TaylorMade Burners 2.0) to finish phasing out all of my starter clubs.  Unfortunately, the Northeast weather hasn't allowed me to play a round with them yet.  I have been working hard to improve my game this off-season (was in the high 90s, low 100s throughout the season) and I have a goal to shoot in the low 90s this year.  I have never been more invested golf than I am right now. I look forward to talking golf and gaining some pointers from the community!!

P.S. - I have Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Tiger Woods, and Ian Poulter in my WGC Match Play Final Four.

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Originally Posted by dak4n6 

Welcome RCWU! Come to the shore if you want to play during the winter - no snow here!

 

Yep, this is a pretty bitchin forum with lots of good insight in info. With that in mind, I will humbly offer a little tip: It's good to have a goal (low 90s this year), but don't let that goal overtake or get in the way of the primary goal - focusing on each and every shot.

 

Best of luck!

Thanks for the encouragement.  I agree with you about not letting the goal overtake me, the low 90s is just an overall goal of mine.  Like you said, I will want to focus on each and every shot.  For me, the key is building a consistency in my ball striking.  

I definitely need to come to the shore.  My uncle lives in Ocean City, NJ and loves the courses in that area.  I golfed in Ocean City, MD over the summer.  Great environment.